Coop



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Application'filed August 28, 1922. Serial in; 534,204.

To all whom a may concern: that provides the door 6. As the lower wall Be it known that I, WARREN FRANK Lrvprovided by the opening 6 is disposed below I INGSTON, a citizen of the United States, re-' the upper edges of the uprights 2, and as the siding at New Boston, in the county of board is ofa length equalling the length of 5 Mercer and State of Illinois, have invented the 000p between the uprights, the'said door new and useful Improvements in Coops, of will be slightly swayed toward the center which the following is a specification. thereof. The endsof the door 6 are in con- 60 M iresent invention has reference to imtact with the ends 7 of the coop and thus J l V y movements in poultry coops. 1t will be noted that the door may be effec- 10 In carrying out my invention it is my purtively sustained in closed position without pose to produce a coop in which the sliding the employment of auxiliary fastening door or gate will cooperate with the remeans. p -65 mainder of the coop in a manner to hold the The door, at the ends thereof is provided same in closed position without the employ with finger holes 8, and in sliding the door.

ment of looking or latching means. to open position the operator inserts his The foregoing, and other objects which fingers through the holes adjacent one of v will present themselves as the nature or" the the ends of the door and springs the said 70. invention is better understood, may be acdoor upwardly above the edge of the ends complished by a construction, combination of the coop so that the door can be slid and operative association of parts such as is through the opening The opposite end of V disclosed by the drawing which accompanies the door is sprung when the door is inserted and which forms part of thisapplication. through the opening and is brought to closed In the drawing: position, 1 V Figure 1 is a perspective view of a coop It is thought that the foregoing descrip- 25 i accordance with this invention. tion, when taken in connection with the Figure 2 is an approximately central verdrawing will fully set forth the constructic-al longitudinal sectional view there tion operatiom'simplicity and advantages of through. the'improvement and that further detailed Figure 3 is substantially similar view description will not berequiredn 30 but showing the manner in which the door Ilaving described the invention, I claim:

is moved to open position. 7 1. A poultry coop having a central longi- Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a tudinal opening in the top thereof, a memdetail. 1 ber arranged transversely of the coop at the The body of-the coop l is of the ordinary center thereof and provided with a central 35 slatted constructionl On the inner face of opening, and uprights at-the ends of the the ends of the coop, at the center thereof I coop terminating a slight distance above the secure uprights 2 respectively. These uplower wall of the opening, and a door comrights terminate a slight but suitable dis- PIlSlIlg' a yieldable board designed to he slid tance from the top 3 of the coop, and at the through the opening and to rest on the uptop thereof I secure one or more transverse rights. members 4. When two members are em- 2. A poultry coop having a central longiployed, I notch their confronting; ends at the tudinal opening in the top thereof, a memcenter thereof and when a single element is her arranged transversely of the coop at the employed I provide the same with a central. center thereof and provided with a. central '45 opening. The upper wall of the opening, in opening, and uprights at the ends of the dicated by the numeral 5, is disposed. a coop terminating a slight distance above the slight distance above the upper edges of the lower wall of the opening, and a door comuprights 2, and the'slats that form the top prising a yieldable board designed to be 3 of the coop are arranged longitudinally slid through the opening and'to rest on the 50 thereof, and the inner slats are spaced a uprights, and finger holes in the door addistance away equalling or exceeding the jacent tothe ends thereof. length of the opening 5. In testimony WhereofI afiix my signature.

Through the opening 5 I slide the board WARREN FRANK LIVINGSTON. V 

